Interpreter AI Assist Survey & Latency Workstation

r/anonymousinterpreters • u/masontheinterpreter & OldSpecialist1999 “Do you use AI-generated real-time captions while you are interpreting to assist you? Like those as automated speech recognition or automated speech translation?”

Live Streaming Latency vs Human Lag 60 FPS • Real-time Stream

Source Speaker Audio

AI ASR Caption Delivery

Human EVS (Decalage Lag)

ASR Caption Latency: 650 ms

Measured window from phoneme utterance to STT subtitle presentation.

Interpreter Ear-Voice Span (EVS / Decalage): 2400 ms

Standard cognitive delay required to parse source syntax and formulate target delivery.

Caption Error Rate (WER / Hallucination): 3.5%

Timing Gap Analysis: AI captions precede human rendition by 1750 ms. Providing an optimal 1.75s predictive window for acronyms and numeral verification without eye fatigue.

Interpreter Adoption Response Log Respondent Questionnaire

Respondent Role

Primary Setting

Live ASR Caption Use

AST Translation Mode

Cognitive Load Rating (NASA-TLX equivalent 1-10): 4 / 10

Error Tolerance / Safeguard Policy

Workflow Impact Scorecard & Evaluation

Real-time computed evaluation grounded in human-AI interaction factors

Balanced Hybrid Assist

Adoption Readiness High with Human-in-the-Loop Override Supervised assistive tier

Cognitive Efficiency Optimized for Terminology Backstopping Term & numeral retention

Recommended Latency Floor 400 ms Threshold to avoid split-attention flicker

Operational Status Balanced Hybrid Assist Human interpreter leads delivery

Profile: Simultaneous Conference Interpreter • Latency: 650ms • WER: 3.5%